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1. Our cosy kitty who will soon have to share some attention 2 new lights in the babyroom; custommade coconuts from Thailand 3 Xmas tree in our B&B in Buenos Aires from last year. Hope to have a tree like that next year! 4 Detail from our workspace 5 Gold plated multi tassel bracelets from Lennebelle for Lou Lou and Restored 6 Pretty vases bought at Swanmarket XL

I love to check out Instagram pics. You can see mine by using the username; Lennebelle

Here a sneak preview from the babyroom. Only 6 weeks left. You can imagine I am counting the days till she is joining us and we will be like a real family not just a couple with a cat! I am starting to look forward to it more and more and getting more excited and even a bit nervous.

We have a really nice new camera, the Canon 5D Mark III so Joey is very happy with his new toy and is practicing at the moment to make pretty shots. Most of them are from me with my growing belly. Check out the Dutch magazine, Ouders van Nu in the near future, you will probably find some photos in there^-^

Last weekend I had my suprise babyshower! It was so much fun and I got really spoilt with all kinds of presents. Today I made a canopy for the cradle and tomorrow I will start making the baby card. A nice new little project to keep busy (never problems with that !)

Check out more photos at Joey’s blog; Cloud Cuckoo.

The end of all hard work in our new house is coming closer!

Evertything is painted, walls have been build, new windows have been placed etc. Now it’s time for the finishing touch. Getting everything cosy and with a personal touch. I know this takes time. Just live in your home and it will turn into your warm and cosy nest. We are still in search for some missing pieces like, curtains, roofterras furniture, lamps and more. I like these chairs in black for our attic working space and for storage of books I like the simple wooden boxes on the wall, like these ones.

As soon as it’s finished I will post some photos how it all turned out! Above images I collected on Tumblr for inspiration. Sources and more images can be found at my Tumblr.

The room for the baby is a cosy corner room with lots of light because of three large windows with stained glass. It has white wooden floor and white walls. The rest is up to us to decorate and make it  a pretty and comfortable room for our little girl.

The room is  inspired by our trip into the Andes near Salta, Argentina where we visited the Valley of the Cacti. The stuffed cactus I bought over there (her first baby toy  ^_^) The curtains will be made by Iefke de Roos. She will dye and print the fabric like the bags that I sell at minishop Confetti. It’s hard to choose; feather or cactus? Pink or green? It does not have to be all girly so I prefer the cactus, my love prefers the feathers (what do you think?)

We found the rug in El Cafayate. The lamp is the ‘chestnut origami lamp’ by Snowpuppe and the super cute ‘Rainy day mini blanket’ by Donna Wilson.

I could not choose between Mabel the giraff or Ander, the lion is from Miga the Pan. I choose Ander, the lion, he is a bit handicaped because he misses one ear, but it makes him much less dangerous and better to keep her company while sleeping. The baby bed we found after searching for something else then everything you find at babystores is the ‘crisis bed’ by Piet Hein Eek. I love it!

We are still looking for a nice dresser. Any reccomandations are very welcome. At this moment I am thinking of a second hand piece and paint it in a nice colour. I love the paint by Studio IJM.

To get some inspiration for the new house and just for fun I went to Inside Design in Amsterdam with a friend. I love design but prefer to mix it with vintage, found and self created things. It was fun to see some designer from mini shop Confetti show casing their work like Mea Engelgeer and Elke van de Berg, made me a little proud! Check out their work and items here!

Found another rug today for an apple and an egg (Dutch saying, meaning ‘almost nothing’) Love the paech worn out colour. Perfect for my cosy hide out up stairs in the cosy attic room. When it’s finished this will be the place for a secret day nap, reading books and drinking lots of tea together with Jack the cat. Officially it’s his room!

Here a sneak peak of some corners in our new place. It has been 2 months since we first got the key, so much work has been done but we will probably need another two months to finish it all. We still often say to eachother what an amazing new appartment we have and how lucky we are!

With the first real days of summer the roofterrace is a real treat but also our backyard, the parc t Kralingse bos, just 100 steps away, is just perfect.

This is the first image from our new place! Next saturday will be the big ‘movingday’. A lot has been done but there is still a lot of work when we finally live here! I could not resist to put the ‘new’ rug we found at the fleamarket in Berlin on our newly grey painted floor! Love how it looks.

Next week I will join the Designer Breakfast organised by Restored and held at creative platform Mmouse,  a downtown oasis in Amsterdam. The photo already looks yummy and can’t wait to meet and get inspired by the other designers.